las vegas

las vegas was fabulous! we got there & settled into our suite when vegas was hit with a snow storm - which in itself was no ordinary event. everyone was saying they hadn't had snow since the early 80's (not sure if that meant no snow at all or just not as much?)

anyways, the whole trip was planned around... take a breath, this will shock you ... BARRY MANILOW. for those that don't know this about me, i LOVE barry manilow. the last 3-4 times we've been to vegas, i've wanted to see him perform & he has either been sold out or not performing while we are there. i accepted the fact that there is no way i'd ever see him unless i went by myself since steve is NOT a fan of barry manilow. sad but true. so, steve totally suprised me & got us tickets to see him. he was awesome!!! during the concert, i leaned over a few times & asked steve if he turned to like him yet - all he'd say is "it's not too bad". they were having a barry manilow national fan club convention while we were there so you could imagine how crazy it was.

we also saw david copperfield. we were on the front row & i didn't take my eyes off him. he puts on a great show but i don't get it. he literally had a real car appear on stage out of nowhere. seriously, i am still in awe over the show - i just don't understand how he does what he does. simply amazing!

thursday we went to the price is right show (my favorite game show of all time :) it was SO fun! steve got called up & got to spin the wheel. the lady ahead of him spun .95, then he spun the 1.00. i jumped up & seriously about peed my pants. so, he got a bonus spin & he spun .15 so he got an extra $500 on top of the $350. they called a couple more contestants up then they called ME up. i was shocked because they only call about 12 people up for the whole show - what are the odds out of 600 people that steve & i BOTH get called up. well, i had to bid on a wine cellar- that in itself was a joke since i don't drink wine BUT i got the bid within $5 so I got to go on stage & play PLINKO. the host was totally razzing me & having fun with me. i'd have to say it made the show quite entertaining at my expense ... he asked where i was from & why i came to vegas. i kept saying 10th but couldn't think of "anniversary". when i finally got it out, he said YOUR anniversary, like i wasn't old enough. he put togther that the steve in shorts that spun the wheel & i were married. he asked me what makes a happy, long marriage - without thinking i said GREAT SEX. than you can only imagine how that opened the doors about being prego with our 4th, etc. he kept saying i needed to be careful jumping around & being pregnant & it was only a game - i told him i'd done much worse for $ while i was pregnant. it was hilarious. well, i had 4 products i had to price to get the plinko chips - i did not get ANY. they were the weirdest items & the prices were so out there too. so, he gave me one chip & i went up & dropped it into the $500 slot. so, all said & done - steve & i left there with $1400 cash. great little bonus to our trip!

everything was perfect until we were at the airport to come home. the slc airport was closed & they were not letting any flights into slc. we finally got out & home but it was a process. i was happy that we got home in time for our christmas party (we had at our house so it would of been really bad if we didn't make it back).